Not Signed In - Uncovering A New Reason Why Patients Respond Differently To The Same Drug Dose
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:00 PM EST
... Why does the standard dose of certain medications prove dangerously high for some patients and too low to produce beneficial effects in others? Scientists have added a previously unrecognized factor to the list of explanations (such as age, gender, diet and genetics) for this common problem of individual variability in response to drugs.Jeffrey P. Krise and Ryan S. [click link for full article] ...
Related Topics
- Naltrexone
- Drug Safety
- Prescription Drugs
- Some types of cervical cancer do not respond well to treatment.
- Drug Side Effects
- Methylprednisolone
- Drug Abuse
- Drug Information
- Prescription Drug Abuse
- Prescription Drugs Abuse
- Seizures (in about half of patients)
- What Your Female Patients Want to Know About Bladder Control
- Vaccinations For HIV/AIDs Patients
- Smoking Cessation and Continued Risk in Cancer Patients
- Approximately one-half of patients with small tumors will get back useful hearing in the affected ear after surgery.
- Metered Dose Inhaler
- Hemodialysis Dose and Adequacy
- Peritoneal Dialysis Dose and Adequacy
- Carvedilol
- Most people with small tumors will have no permanent paralysis of the face after surgery. However, about two-thirds of patients with large tumors will have some permanent facial weakness after surgery.
email this page
print this page
bookmark this page
feedback on this page
